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3 h $51Y. Editor. Q9Nm 0o. H., 8. C.: sday, February 14, 1878. *ditoria Correspondence. foMXA, S. C., Fob. 8, 1878. r Sentinel: The commission to fbvestigato the indebtedriess of the tato, elected at the last session of -the General Assembly, bave at last sUbmitted their long looked for report. T'go into a a detailed statement of the facts concerning the 'bonded in debtedness of the State, as presented by the commission, would require too much space for one letter, and I must content myself by giving you the gen etal result. The amount of bonds, stock and unpaid interest, authorized to be funded and scaled 50 per cent., Vnder the provisions of what is known asthe funding act, is $11,508,838.41. OQ this amount theie has surrendered and oonsolidated $8,*192,779.00, leaving a balance outstanding, or unfunded, of *2,716,059.41. Of the $8,792,779.00 the commission put down as good $4,787,852, or one half this amount, (sealed,) $2,368,926; bad or fraudulent 64,054,927, or half, 62,027,463.50. When the outstanding bonds aro sur rendered and consolidated, taking it for granted that they are all good, they will amount to $1,318,029.70. This, added to that which is sot down as good, will make the total bonded debt of the State, (eliminating the frauds,) $8,726,955.70. But of the amount put down as good, the commission says there is a certain amount of fraud in some of the bonds, amountingin some to probably 90 per cent., and in oth era pershaps to not more than 5 per cent, This fraud crept in by the con solidation of fraudulent bonds with good or valid bonds, and if the p)er cent. of fraud is eliminated from these bonds the amount of the debt~ will be & reduced to the extent of probably one honered thousand dollarsi. I am also informed that the commissioners, though not authorized, under the joint resolution, to investigate any but con solidated bonds, haver,f discovered that there Is at least one hundred thousand dollars of the outstanding bonds fraudulent, which will still decreaso theo public debt to that amount. Of course those calculations are made upon the presumption that the Legis lature will vote to exclude all thec fraandulent debt from the settlement, which, from the expression of opinion from all the members I have convers, ed with on the subject, I think they are likely to do, though there will ov idently beoa long and hot contest over the matter. The bond-holders have their representatives on the floor and they are not going to succumb until they have contested every inch of ground over which a fight can be made. As for myself, I intend to fight and vote against every bond that bas the least taha& of fraud about it. ~j This is my platform and I intend to - fight it out on this line. The concurrent resolution of the House to go into an election for Jhdges, to fill the six \racancies on the circuit bench, has been postponed from day to day by tho Senate and is ~4>. not to come up for consideration in that body until next Tuesday. If the interest of the State is made to suffer on this account, the responsibility will be with the majority of that body who have caused the delay, Candi dates for these positions are as thick around the State Capitol as pig tr'acks V stound a barn door. It is hoped that en ofithem will be elected, for, of all thk.ofBees in the gift of the peo'ple, ~ through their Representatives) this f seoettbat should seek the man, and wat the man seek the office. In con, A *ption with this subject, I will state ~-~I have received a very strong t4j numerously signed by re 1e citizens of Central, opposing ,election of Judge Cooke.I no personal preferences or any ,ind, and inteind to be guided b.y a sene of duty and vote in as for the men best fitted, by uR1g and legal ability, to al~pnsble and exalted po I$i~dqi~p $9 salary of Cir to $8,000, has gone o ths WWhile1f,be 48%ibWi4o Wk4 ?oney, cotpared with AeIr absene and consequientnegleot of business at home, I think that, takinginto con siderution the impoverished condition of our people, $8.00 a dtsy would bo a fair compensation. The phosphute question is now ex, ercisir.g the minds of the members. The mode of granting charters and ot protecting the interest of the State, -and securing the royalty of one dollar per ton for the rock dug or mined, Is the question, and there appears to be quite a diversity of opinion about it. A bill to charter a' railroad from Belton to Easley has been introduced by Col. Bowen, in the. Senate, and when it passes that body we will push it through the HouPo. I think wecan get the charter osy enough, but the next thing is building the road. This will be the difficult part of the job, but with energy and perseverance it can be done. How long the session ii to cont;nuo I am not ablo to say, but 1 hardly think we will see the close of it before the first of' March D. F. B. Chamberlain's Frauds. We publish, on our outside, a letter to the Now York Sun, from its Co lumbia correspondent, charging Chamberlain with swindlinrg in the land commission "business." Anoth, or has since appeared in in the same journal, charging Chamberlain with having received a bribe from Wood ruff and Jones. Tho Legislature pas sed an act appointing, by name, a com mission of three to examine into the validity of all claims against the State which should be presented, and to pass upon their validity or illegality. This bill Chamborlain vetoed, because the Legislature had itself appointed the commission, a right which he claimed should have boon given to him. Another bill w as at once passed giving the Governor the right to ap point the commission. When this bill was presented for the signature of the Governor, in order to bosomo a lawv, ho at once sent for Woddruff, then. Clerk of the Senate, and Jones, the Clerk of the House. Woodiutff anti .Jones held the largest claim against the State, and the. commission, under this law, would have to pass upon thoem. The Governor 'told Woodruff and Jones of this and representLed to them that, under this bill,hle could ap point just such commissioners as he wanted; that the Ui ead (a paper publishe~d at Coubaand run in Chamberlain's interest) was sadly in want of funds and must have them, and that unless Woodruff and -Jones wvould sing to the tune of six thousand dollars, he would ap)point a commiis sion that would refaso to pay their claims; but it they would pay this sum intoithe depleted treneury of the Union llera:d, ho would either veto the bill or appoint a commission that would approve their claims. Wood% ruff and Jones had to yield, the mnon% ey' was paidl, and Chamberlain kept his part of the bargain by app)oiniting a commission that appr)ioved their chiimis. A nother' instance of his ras cality is recorded: Ono 'Price, a mer% chant of Philadelph ia, held a claim of $20,000 against the State and had w~aited a long time for his money. No appropriation had been made by the Legislature to pay this claim and Prico become clamorous for his mons cy. 'ihere was onough money in the Treasury to pay the debt, but as. no appropriation had been made the money could not be diverted for its pay monit. Chamberlain prop)osed to Price, through J. G. Thompson, edi, tor of the Union Herald, that if he (Price) would pay $5.000 he could get his money. Price agre ed, and Cham b)erlaini induced Cardozo, the State Treasurer, to pay the claim out of' the money then in the Treasury. Cardo zo paid the money, and thus Cham,~ borlain was guilty of a double crime -the receiving of a bribe and in pur suading Cairdozo to commit a felony, for to divert the funds was a felony under the law, punishable with a heavy fino and Imprisonment. It is said that ex,Governor Moses is the Sun's correspondent and, if so, he ought to know whereof ho writes. Moses, Woodruff and Jones have been before the silecial commission and have doubtless put the commnissioners in the possesn of'these facts.. We believe, an4.ha~ve always believed, Chamber lain to.be'the head and centre of all ~the corrupt transaotonms in this State, buf, having more, 1tirainS than his. panners in orim0,heManaged to put It usko %.if, hasaj'4d r6(oant God -Owe sreoanng Our Demoratic Ulubs. Organization won in the 1I04- aampaign, and will win again it we but go to work. Some newspapers are continually wailing about defeat in the next election. This is not only, in our opinion,'bad judgment, but bad policy. We ha%s only to summon the resolution to win and win we will; despite the unitod effort ot ev.ory Republican within the State. A resolute and determined people can accompliab anything. Let us stop this continual prating about defeat, but put on our armor and. piepare for battle. Roor.. ganize our clubs, go to work in earn est, and we are ready to insure the result for a nicke!. Pope Pius IX, tha Supreme Head of the Roman CaCholic Church, is dead. However much we may differ with him on religious matters, it must be conceded, even by his worst ene mies, that he was one of the most re matkable us well as the most pious men of his time. Hon. D. 1F. Bradley gives a syn. opsis of the report of the Bond Commission in his letter this week. He will vote against all bonds the least tainted with fraud. His head is level. It is as 1-nuch as the people can do to pay their honest debts. The Abbeville Medium says: "The colored people are beginning to or ganize in this township, and it is the part of every good Democrat to go to work at once for the good of his party and a glorious victory next fall. It is said that a club of one hundred negroes was formed last week, and that the old leades of the Radical party are beginning to make mischief among the colored voters. We must keep our eyes open and begin work at once. A Stettin newspaper announces that the Russian Governimont has ordered tnere fort.y-two small torpedo boats of a volocity of nineteen knots an hour, to be delivered at St. Petersburg on the 15th of April. The price is to be over $1,009,000, the halt of whic,h is to be paid beforehand. A terrific eyclone. pased over Aus gusta, Gcergia, last Friday. It des troyed thousandsl of dllalrs worth of prIoperty, and killed two pecrsons. Several were injured. Pickens knows how to sympathuize with the sufferers, as she has suffered very severely from storms haerse'lf. School Funds Apportionedl. MaR. BDIToa: Please find below a~ statement of the school funda as ap p)ortioned for the year 1878. 1st District, Pickenaville, 6808 55 2d District, Salubrity, 517 47 3d District, Garvin, 579 03 4th District, Easley, 357 90 5th District, Pickons 0. HI. 434 861 6th District, Dacuaville, 541 55j 7th District, Pumpkintown, 402 97 8th District, Eastatoc, 338 98 Total, 64,081 85 The abovw includes the polh tax, and the amounts in the Treasurer's hands, with his per cent and all other necessary deductions made. Very respectfully, G. W. SINGLETON, County SQhool Commissioner. NEW ORLEANs, Feb. 6.-Ex..Gov. W ells has not given the bonds fixed by Court at $20,000. He has sureties at hand, but prefers to remain in prison till Gen. Anderson's trial is de termined. lie thinks the Anderson jury packed, and saye the new panel for this month is honestly drawn. Anderson's trial is still in progress. LATER.-A special from New Or~. leans says that the jury in the case of Anderson, Returning Board mem ber at New Orleans, brought in a verdict of guilty. JERSEY CITY, Feb. 8.--All depot ticket agents on the New Jersey Central Railroad have been instruete~d to reject trade dollars at a discount of. eight per cent. MANNING, 8. C., Feb. 6, 1878.--W. R. Burgess, Sheriff of Clarendon County, committed suicide by shioot% ing hidiseif in - the temple, about 6 o'cloek this 2. x. Hie lived about one hour. Justice Marshall of Coin mbla issa,~ ed one hundred warrants against the deNi.oaet p4ii-ta*jpayrs o RIohtid T 0f 00oin sa of the bill bere 1e tb protection of landored) Stc. 1. That hereaftes, il all cot ttacts for lease of lands for agricultu. ral purposes, the crop or crops pro. duced npon such- lands under said contracts shall be liable for the rerAt of same. Sze. 2. That hereafter all claims nnder contracts for rent of lands for agricultural purposes shall constitute a first lion upon the crops produced on such lands under said contracts, and recoverable in any court of com. petent jurisdiction. SEc. 8. That all Actd and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are boreby, repealed. Sixty-fivo of the eighty,one lives lost at the Ashtabula disaster- have been paid for by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company at a rate averaging $5,000 apiece - The most expensive life cost the com pany 89,000, and a newly married couple were appraised at only $3,000. The present Kingdom of Greece is about half the size of Ohio, and con tains 1,457,894 inhabitants. The army is estimated at 14,000. Fourteen vessels, one iron clad, six screw steam. ers, four schoonors, two cutters and one yacht, constitute the navy. The Parent of Insomnia. The parent of insomnia or wakefulness is in nine oases out of ten a dyspeptic stomach. Cood digestion gives good sound sleep. indi gestion interferes with it. The brain and stomach sympathlize. One of the prominent symptoms of a weak state of the gastric or gnus is a disturbance of the great nerve en trepot, the brain. Invigorate the stomach, anid you restore equilibrium to the great. Cen tfe. A most reliable medicine for the pur pose is Hosteiter's Stoma)h Bitters, which i3 far preferable to mineral sedatives and power ful nacrotics which, though they may for a time oxert a soporific influence upon the brain, soon cease to act, and invariably in lure the tone of the stonsach. The Bitters, on the contrary, restore activit.y to ihe oper,. ations3 of that all irLlportant organ, and their beneficent infiene is rtiectedl in sod sleep and a tranqiiil atale of the necrvous sys tern. A wheolesmei impetus is likewise giten to the action of the live:r and b;owels by its use. --0 BY permission ofW.G' Field. Judge of to the highest bidder at. the late re.Midence ofI Robert Ornig, decensed, on TIIURS:)AY, 28th instant, the following described prop. erty, to wit: LOr CO)RN AND F'ODDERI; One l.orse; One Mule: One Carriage; One Wag;on; Lot. of' obl Wa~gons; LIot o f Cattfle: Lot of H ogs; Lot of' Shucks: Household and Kit chien Furnit ure. TERMS3 CASH. A. R. CRtAIG, Ad'mnr. Feb 14,-1878 23 2 Easley Academy. Easley, Pickens Counaty S. C. D. G. BUMBE RUT, A. B. PRINCIPAL. T HIE FIRST SESSION OF T HIS SCHOOL .Lbeg ins on MoNnAY, February 4, 1878. Tuition, per Session of Five Months. $6.50 to $15, according to grade of studies. Con-, tingent fee, $1 per session. Board, $10 per month1. This school is situiate on the Air Line Rail road, 12 miles West of the city of Greenville, in the quiet, moral, healthy, and progressive town of Ens ley. Community intelligent and enterprising. Pupils received at any time, on paying from time of entry, without any reduction of tuition, except in case of protract.ed illness. Instruction thorough; discipline firm; and the continuance of any pupil at school, evi dence of good deportment. Mtonthly reports sent to all parents and guardians. To young men of modt.rate means, wishing to obtain a classical education, this Is a rare opportunity.' For further information address Principal. g5~' The Greenville News will please copy and send bill as above. Feb 7, 1878. 22 ___f_ Keowee Lodge, No. 79. A. F. M. STHE RIEGULAR MONTITLY MEET ING0 OF KEOWEE LODGE, No. 79, A.-, F.-. M,-. will take place on SATUaDAY ON oa niEFonB THE FULL, MOON IN EACH MONTH. The attendance of all the members is earnestly requested. R. A. CHILD, W. M. W. 0. FIEL,D,_Secretary. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. All persons having demands against the Estate of' ROBERT CRAIG, deceased, are hereby notified to present them legally attested; and those indebted to make pay ment, either to me at my residence on Keo w ee, or to my Attorneys, Norton, Keith & Hollingsworth, at Piokens C, H., on or by the 15th March next. A. R. CRAIG, Admn'r. Feb 14, 1878 28 4 Notice ! A IiLeons having DEE~DS, LEIN8 and MORTGAGE in, Chlerks Offo., ite. corded by me., aisi oadp sipid taki themi ont by *bas no qqual as a bOf 4t many WoP de after al other remedies bd fa ted the 'U$oratory, aud oo, vi elf of its nuine merit. 3.61s prepared vp barks, ooto, and herbs, esdb of whioh highly effective, and they are compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing results." VEGETINE Is the great Blood Purifier. VGETINE Will cure the worst case of Scrofula. VEGETINE Is recommended by physicians and apothe. earies. VEGETINE Has effected iome marvellous cures in cases of Cancer. VEGETINE Cures the worst canes of Canker. VEGETINE 1leets with wonderful success in Mercurial diseases. VEGETINE Will eradicate Salt Rheum from the sys tem. VEGETINA Removes Pimples and Humors from the face. VEGETINE Cures Constipation and regulates the bow. als. VEGE'INE Is a valuable remedy for Headache, VEGETINE Will cure Dyspepsia. VEGE INE Restores the entire system to a healthy con-, dition. VEGETINE Removes the cause of Dizziness. VEGE TINE Relieves Faintne5s at the Stomach. VEGETINE Cures Paines in thQ Back. VEGETIN E Effectually cures Kidney Complaint. VEGE'INE Is effective in its cure of Female Weak. ness. VEGETINE Is tho great remedy for Generg.1 Debility. VEGETINE Is acknowledged by all classcs or people to be the best, and most reliable blood~ purifier in the world. Vegetinie. Prepa~red hy H. II. STEVENIS, Eoaton IHass. VEOETrINE is Sold by All Druiggists. .n :31, 1873 21 4 Dissolution. TJOTIOR is hteey given that the Firm of L HI UGEN8 & 1BObT has this day been dIissolved by mutual consent, by T. A. Hudg ens selling his interest to A. W. 111 UDGENS. Alt persons indebted to t.ho old firm, can save cost, by anaking immediate payment to DO0LT & II CDOENS, who are authomrized to settle up the businecss of Hjudgens & Blt. T. A. IJUDGENS, 0. S. BOLT. Easley, S. C., Feb- 1st, 1878. T HE undlersigned have this (lay entered 1?into COPA tRN EIRSIP, for the pu rpose of Glenoral Merchantdize, nuder the name aind style of BOLT & IIU DG E NS. In soliciting a shasre of public patronage, we trust, by a close attention to business, and suffering none to undersell us, to merit. the esteem and confidence so liberaly bestowed upon the okJ firm, and respect fully a'sk dulo publio to cal and examine our Stock of General Mlerohan dihe. WVe would also call the attention of the public to the following STANDARD FE RTI LIZERS, which we sell at this place and at Liberty: TIHE CAROLINA FERTILIZER; THlE EUTAW FERTiLIZER; THIE BRADLEY SUPERPHOSPHIATE TIlE PALMETTO ACID; THlE WILCOX & 'Gl1BG~ MANIPULATED GUANO. -AND THlE ATLANTIC PHOSPH A TE. 0. 8. BO LT, A. W. H UDGENS. Easley. S. C., Feb 1, 1878 22 6 Notice, B Y 'virtue of a mnandattus issued out of the .United States Court, for the collection of a tax to pay the Judgmont obtained against the County on the Railroad Bonds in 1874. I will commence the collection of the t ax on Monday, 21st instant, and will continue until Saturday, 16th February After that date the executions against the people, turned over to me by my predeessor, will be inf orced. The levy was 6 mills. W. . BERRY, County Treasurer. Jan 17, 1878 10 8 To All Whom These Pres enIt8 May Concern. A LL persons indebtedl in the Clerk's Offic for Recording, must 'come and pay for their DEEDS and take them out of the offie. After this date no Deeds pr other Papers will be Reeorded, unless the fees are Paid in Advanoe. J. J. LEWIS, c,o.w. $an 8, 1878 17 . N OTICE OF PINAL 85TTrLMSNT, Notice is4Aereby giveni to *Itetns in teretd,that I will aipply to WZ(t Field, *ue robate for Plokens 0 :ter Ieave a ~e Fina tle * 49 e ~. ''5 ~ 4 TU I T' 13W, G-4eld: U for theCou f o f Jaary,-lsell der, on 1'st Monday i r M ef lowing LAND, to wit; All that TRACT OF L Pickens Countyj South ot, of Town Creek, a4oling lands of ood, Mar Haynes and others, as ng One undred and Forty sIx or less. Sold -as, the property Kelley deceased, for partition. TER'MS: On a credit itwelve purchaser to give bond and "teage6o sea- The costs of partition and .ale papers cash on day of sale. JOAB MAULDI$# Feb 7, 1878 22 Sheriff's Sak i 0 STATH OF SOUT11H CAROL. g COUNTY O P IOKENS. IN THE PROBATE CO1RT" BY virtue of an order in the abovo e case, to me directed,- by W. G . Judge Probate for the CoUnty and St ato said, dated the 81st day of January,. 17 will sell to the highest bidder, on 1S 6 day in March next, during'the legal-hou sale, at Piokens Court House, the foltd LANDS, to wit: % All that TRACT OF LAND in Pio U' County, S. C., adjoining lands. of RO Duke, Dunk Arter, and lands mortgged ," Jackson Arter to R. E. Holcombe, and ' taining One Hundred and Thirty Acres,:" or less. Sold as the property of Jeeks Arter, deceased, for payment of'd1*E1ant partition. TERMS CASH-Purchaser to liy extra for titles. JOAB MAULDIN, u.P.O. Feb 7, 1878 22 4 Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY or PXCKENS. ~ Y virtue of sandry executiors, to me d.. rected, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Pickens Court flouse, during the legal, hours' of sale, on first Monday in March next, 1878, All of Alonzo M. Folger's interest, being. two,-thirds interest in all of that Plantation or Tract of,Land, contining' Eighty 4cres, rnore or .less, lying ina the Smate of 8. C, and County of Pickens, on Town Creek, ad joining hw daof C. L. 11&!lingsworthi, W illiam Freernan and others, on which is in good running ordler, a Circular 18aw Mill, Oria4 Mill and Cotton Gin. Lovied on as the pyop.. erty of the said Alonzo M. Folger, at the suits of S. D. Keith, .J. A. Uriflin, et al.. Ad mlinistrators, against. A. RA. M. Fulger, Alonso' M- Folger, et al. TERMIS CASHI-Purchzaser to pay extra for titles. Feb7, S78 JOAB MA ULDIN, s.p.o. EVERYTHING USUALLY KEPT IN AN AT *cF AL L'S I K EEP GOOI~ SUBSTAIITIAL AND AT PRIOE~S TO STJIT THF~ 4[UAR TIMES.